Horseshoe



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H. B. SOHUREMAN.

HORSESHOE.

No. 298,899. Patented May 20, 1884.

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HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 298,899, dated May 20, 1884. Application filed February 12, 1884. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern.

Be it, known that I, Howllnn B. SGHURE- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the manufacture and reduce the cost of horse shoes having detachable calks and toe-pieces, and to improve the construction of said shoes.

The invention consists in arrangements and combinations of parts, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures, Figurel is a plan of a horseshoe having my improvements; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are sectional views of the same, taken, respectively, through lines 00, y, andz.

In said drawings, A represents a horseshoe, in which are formed across the toe and heel portions thereof oppositely-inclined and parallel grooves a db b, adapted to receive and hold removable pieces 0 d. Said pieces are provided with oppositely-inclined and parallel ridges or projections, 6, corresponding in shape to the grooves, so that when the parts are placed together in proper relation a joint of great strength is produced. The grooves or recesses a a b b are preferably formed by means of saws, the passage of which, being stopped short of a through out, leaves the bottom of the groove rounded, as at f, Fig. 4c, formingastop which prevents the calks from passing in one direction from engagement with the shoe. Movement in the opposite direction may be stopped by spreading the projecting metal of the shoewith a hammer; or any other method may be employed to hold the calks within the grooves. j The calks are made by rolling bars of metal into proper shape, then cutting the same into the lengths suited to either the toe or heel.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim asnew is 1. The combination of the horseshoe having the parallel and oppositely inclined grooves, and the removable calks having the ridges reciprocally inclined and parallel, substantially as set forth and shown.

2. The horseshoehaving oppositely-inclined grooves therein, and having calks with oppositelyprojecting ridges secured to said shoe, substantially as herein set forth and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I' have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of February, 1884.

II. B. SGHUREMAN. \Vitnesses:

OnARLns H. PELL,

F. F. CAMPBELL. 

